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Gold-plated Don Carlos cast compensates for Warlikowski’s frosty Paris staging

Posted on November 1, 2017 by Mark Pullinger

Verdi: Don Carlos *** Opéra Bastille, 28th October 2017 Stéphane Lissner, director of the Opéra de Paris, had one of his greatest successes as general manager at the Théâtre du Châtelet with Luc Bondy’s staging of the original French version of … Continue reading →

Posted in Opera | Tagged Dmitry Belosselskiy, Don Carlos, Elina Garanca, Ildar Abdrazakov, Jonas Kaufmann, Ludovic Tézier, Opéra national de Paris, Philippe Jordan, Sonya Yoncheva, Verdi | Leave a comment

Plums and turkeys: a musical voyage around 2016

Posted on December 28, 2016 by Mark Pullinger

Most people I know cannot wait to see the back of 2016. But in the year in which Brexit, Trump and the Grim Reaper were the big winners, I admit to having had a terrific twelve months. A whirl of … Continue reading →

Posted in Comment | Tagged A Midsummer Night's Dream, Akhnaten, Akram Khan, Aleksandra Kurzak, Alice Sara Ott, Alvis Hermanis, Anastasia, Anna Netrebko, Attila, Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris, Barrie Kosky, BBCSO, Beethoven, Boris Godunov, Cavalleria rusticana, Cesar Corrales, Chabrier, Charles Dutoit, Così fan tutte, Daniel Barenboim, David Bösch, David Bruce, Der Ring des Nibelungen, Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Dmitri Tcherniakov, Don Carlo, Dutch National Opera, Elina Garanca, Enescu, English National Ballet, English National Opera, Ermonela Jaho, Eugene Onegin, Florent Schmitt, Garsington Opera, Giselle, Glass, Glyndebourne, Grange Park Opera, Grigory Sokolov, Herbert Blomstedt, Il trovatore, Iolanta, Jaap van Zweden, Jan Philipp Gloger, Jean-Christophe Maillot, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Karita Mattila, Katie Mitchell, L'Étoile, La canterina, La Fenice, La Scala, Le Concert d'Astrée, Le Corsaire, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Lucia di Lammermoor, Madama Butterfly, Mariss Jansons, Matthew Bourne, Maurizio Pollini, Natalia Osipova, Nothing, Oedipe, Opera Holland Park, Opéra national de Paris, Opera North, Opera Rara, Orchestre de Paris, Pagliacci, Peter Hall, Philippe Cassard, Pique Dame, Puccini, Riccardo Chailly, Richard Farnes, Richard Jones, Roderick Williams, Rodula Gaitanou, Rossini, Royal Ballet, Royal Opera, Ruxandra Donose, Semiramide, Shostakovich, Sondra Radvanovsky, Sonya Yoncheva, Stefan Herheim, Stuart MacRae, Tamara Rojo, Teatro alla Scala, The Devil Inside, The Golden Cockerel, The Nose, The Nutcracker, The Queen of Spades, The Red Shoes, The Rose and the Ring, The Sleeping Beauty, The Taming of the Shrew, The Winter's Tale, Verbier Festival, Verdi, Vladimir Stoyanov, Welsh National Opera, Written on Skin, Zenaida Yanowsky | Comments Off

Diamonds and rust: Schlesinger’s Hoffmann bows out at Covent Garden

Posted on November 30, 2016 by Mark Pullinger

Offenbach: Les Contes d’Hoffmann The Royal Opera, 28th November 2016 A return visit to John Schlesinger’s vintage production of The Tales of Hoffmann did little to alter my opinion from the first night of this final revival. For good or … Continue reading →

Posted in Opera | Tagged Catherine Carby, Christine Rice, Eric Halfvarson, Evelino Pidò, John Schlesinger, Kate Lindsey, Leonardo Capalbo, Les contes d'Hoffmann, Maria Bjornson, Offenbach, Royal Opera, Sofia Fomina, Sonya Yoncheva, Thomas Hampson, Vincent Ordonneau, William Dudley | 5 Comments

A final outing for the Royal Opera’s lavish but fusty Tales of Hoffmann

Posted on November 8, 2016 by Mark Pullinger

Offenbach: Les Contes d’Hoffmann *** Royal Opera, 7th November 2016 When an enormous black gondola creaks and shudders its way across the stage in the “Giulietta” act of the Royal Opera’s The Tales of Hoffmann, it acts as a metaphor … Continue reading →

Posted in Opera | Tagged Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Christine Rice, Eric Halfvarson, Evelino Pidò, Kate Lindsey, Les contes d'Hoffmann, Offenbach, Royal Opera, Sofia Fomina, Sonya Yoncheva, Thomas Hampson, Vittorio Grigolo, Yuriy Yurchuk | 2 Comments

Burning like fire: Sonya Yoncheva’s Norma scorches Covent Garden

Posted on September 13, 2016 by Mark Pullinger

Bellini: Norma **** Royal Opera, 12th September 2016 “Well, I think my Norma is something in between Maria Callas and Cecilia Bartoli.”Sonya Yoncheva, stepping into the title role at Covent Garden when Anna Netrebko decided Norma wasn’t for her after … Continue reading →

Posted in Opera | Tagged Àlex Ollé, Alfons Flores, Antonio Pappano, Bellini, Brindley Sherratt, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, David Junghoon Kim, Joseph Calleja, Lluc Castells, Norma, Royal Opera, Sonia Ganassi, Sonya Yoncheva, Vlada Borovko | Comments Off

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